Keanu Reeves Wasn’t Fazed by the Life-Threatening Stunts in His Squarespace Super Bowl Ad

It might not come as a surprise that Keanu Reeves was 100 percent on board with the idea of standing on top of a motorcycle that would barrel down an open stretch of endless road at 45 miles per hour in the middle of the desert in Lancaster, California. When Squarespace presented the idea (which…

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How Apps, Music and More Can Buoy Apple Beyond the iPhone

In a world where nobody wants to own anything, could Apple transition to a subscription model for the services and products it delivers?

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Digital Pluses: Vox, Business Insider Finish 2017 Strong

Two publishing sites celebrate a strong 2017, boasting strong upticks in revenue for ‘BI’ and audience growth for Vox Media.

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Why Criteo Is Battling Fierce Headwinds In 2018

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Criteo has always been something of an ad tech enigma. It’s that French retargeting virtuoso – the golden child of Wall Street, as the markets soured on advertising technology. But nothing gold can stay. And now Criteo has its work cut out to convince investors that the company can grow in the face of browserContinue reading »

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Tide, Amazon, Pepsi Win Super Bowl; Ram, Diet Coke Are Duds

“Tide cleaned up,” says Jonathan David Lewis, vice president of McKee Wallwork & Co., an ad agency in Albuquerque, N.M., that organizes the annual Ad Bowl.

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Samsung Heir Lee Jae-yong Freed From Prison by Appeals Court

After almost a year behind bars, Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of Samsung, walked free Monday after an appeals court reduced his sentence in a corruption scandal that ensnared the country’s former president.

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How Can Brands ‘Converge’ Ad Tech And Mar Tech?

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“Brand Aware” explores the data-driven digital ad ecosystem from the marketer’s point of view. Today’s column is written by Tony Ralph, director of data and marketing technology at Intuit QuickBooks. With at least one notable exception, nearly all researchers predict the inevitable convergence of the mar tech and ad tech ecosystems. Predictions aside, as aContinue reading »

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All of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads in Under 2 Minutes

Alexa lost her voice. Peter Dinklage rapped to Busta Rhymes. Eli Manning and Odell Beckham, Jr. did some Dirty Dancing. And Mr. Clean did his… oh wait, that was a Tide ad. But the Old Spice guy… sorry, also a Tide ad. Here’s the ultimate 2018 Super Bowl ad mash-up: all of the commercials, with…

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The 5 Best Ads of Super Bowl LII

Patriots vs. Eagles turned out to be another classic Super Bowl, with little separating the teams–and a Hail Mary at the end that could have sent it to OT. This was good news for advertisers, who could count on eyeballs throughout the game, and particularly for Tide, which aired four brilliant commercials across four quarters…

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